Department spokesman Steve Whitmore says Lohan is likely to be released on Aug. 1 or 2. The projected release date reflects all the credits Lohan is likely to receive.

The department has said the actress was likely to serve a quarter of her sentence or less.

Lohan surrendered at a Beverly Hills courthouse on Tuesday and was immediately whisked away to an all-women's jail in Lynwood. She will serve her time in an isolation unit that has previously hosted Paris Hilton and Michelle Rodriguez.

The 24-year-old's jail sentence began two weeks after a judge sentenced her to three months in jail and another three months in rehab for a probation violation.

Arrival and departureWearing dark denim jeans, a gray top, black corset belt and black jacket, the 24-year-old Lohan showed up at the Beverly Hills courtroom about 10 minutes late. After a short hearing, she rose and was handcuffed behind her back to serve her time for a probation violation.

Lohan was accompanied to court by her mother, Dina, and younger sister Ali, who wiped away tears after her sister was taken into a lockup.

Her estranged father, Michael Lohan, yelled, "We love you Lindsay!" as his daughter was led away. She was then taken across town to the Century Regional Detention Facility in the industrial suburb of Lynwood.

'She's accepted responsibility'In court, Lohan was represented by her longtime attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, who had resigned earlier but never filed a formal motion with the court. Famed celebrity attorney Robert Shapiro said Friday that he had agreed to represent the actress, but Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel said Tuesday that he had told her hours earlier that he would not take the case.

Holley said after the hearing that Lohan had decided she did not want Shapiro to represent her.

"She's stepped up, she's accepted responsibility," Holley said of her client. "She's scared as anyone would be, but she's as resolute and she's doing it."

Prosecutor Danette Meyers said she thought Lohan was receiving the appropriate sentence. She said the case, which is atypical for the attention it receives, spotlighted that drunken driving is a serious offense with consequences. "Someone can get killed," Meyers said. "Hopefully it has opened a number of eyes."

While the judge did not address Lohan's tardiness Tuesday directly, she did order her to report to probation officials within a day of her release from jail. The judge had previously ordered Lohan to report within two days.

Revel also has ordered officials not to allow Lohan to serve any of her sentence on house arrest or work release.

'Eeeks'Two weeks ago the judge determined that the "Mean Girls" star violated her probation by missing seven alcohol education classes since December. She had been on probation since August 2007 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor drug charges and no contest to three driving charges.

Lohan, a prolific user of the microblogging site Twitter, posted a message roughly 12 hours before her court appearance referencing her looming incarceration.

"The only 'bookings' that I'm familiar with are Disney Films, never thought that I'd be 'booking' into jail eeeks," Lohan posted.

The jail and rehab stints have left some of the actress' projects in limbo, including her planned portrayal of porn star Linda Lovelace in a biopic.

Once considered an up-and-coming star, Lohan has in recent years been better-known as a tabloid staple and for the criminal case she has struggled to put behind her.

Her probation had to be extended for a year to give Lohan more time to complete her alcohol education courses and Revel ordered weekly attendance in December. But the actress didn't complete the sessions as ordered and missed a court date in May, setting a stage for her return to jail.

She is expected to serve her time — probably a quarter of her sentence or less — in isolation at a women's jail in the industrial suburb of Lynwood. The facility has hosted several female celebrities, including Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Michelle Rodriguez, Khloe Kardashian and very briefly, Lohan.

She will be forced to wear a jail-issued jumpsuit and be given a set of simple toiletries that all inmates receive: toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, comb, deodorant, shampoo and shaving implements. Hilton received one for her own secluded 23-day stay in 2007 for reckless driving charges.

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Video: Lohan spends first night in prison

Transcript of: Lohan spends first night in prison

MEREDITH VIEIRA, co-host:But we're going to begin with
Lindsay Lohan
's first night in jail and just how many she may have left.
NBC
's
Lee Cowan
is outside the jail in
Lynwood
,
California
, with more.
Lee
, good morning to you.

LEE COWAN reporting:Morning,
Meredith
. Now, the sheriff's department here is now saying that between the jail overcrowding situation here and then time off for good behavior,
Lindsay Lohan
may not even serve a full two weeks behind bars. She could do as little as
13 days
of that 90-day sentence. Then it's straight off to rehab again. This morning,
Lindsay Lohan
is just another inmate in a jumpsuit, all after the kind of circus you'd expect from one of her court appearances. Paparazzi on the ground, news choppers in the sky, even glitter thrown from the crowd. But inside court the big top came down and a somber, tired-looking
Lohan
sat speechless waiting to be taken into custody.

Offscreen Voice:All cameras are ordered to be shut off.

COWAN:And when the time came only a courtroom sketch artist was allowed to record the moment that
Lohan
was taken away.

COWAN:Except for the fact
Lohan
isn't with the rest of the women in this 2200-bed facility. She's by herself, isolated in a 12-by-eight foot cell for at least the next two weeks. Is that time enough? Some former inmates say even a brief lockup can be a powerful tool.

Ms. WENDY FELDMAN (Prison and Criminal Justice Consultant):If she uses it to continue to blame everybody else, it's a hurdle. If she uses it to flip the switch and move forward, it's a good thing. It's transformative.

COWAN:No matter how long she serves it's only part of her sentence. She also faces a 90-day inpatient rehab. Addicts who have been there before say a
court order
is often the only path to recovery.

Dr. HOARD SAMUELS (The Hills Treatment Center):One of the only reasons why I'm sober is because the courts committed me to either four years in
prison
or a year in rehab. As a result, I'm a convicted felon, but I spent a year in rehab and that helped me hit a bottom and now stay sober.

COWAN:But hitting bottom is different for everyone, and no one knows just how deep she is except
Lindsay Lohan
.

Ms. HOLLEY:She's stepped up, she's accepted responsibility, and that's really all I have to say.

COWAN:Now,
Meredith
,
Lindsay Lohan
will go directly from jail into that 90 patient -- that 90-day inpatient rehab. The judge said she wanted a very quick transition there. So you figure if she does roughly two weeks here, then the
90 days
in rehab,
Lindsay Lohan
technically won't be a free woman until

sometime in the fall. Meredith:All right,
Lee Cowan
,
thank you very much
.
Piper Kerman
knows what life is like behind bars. She served 13 months in a
federal prison
for drug-related charges and wrote about it in her book "
Orange

VIEIRA:My Year
in a Woman'sPrison."
Piper
, good morning to you. Ms. PIPER
KERMAN
(Author, "Orange is the
New Black
:
My Year
in a Woman's
Prison
" [shown on screen]): Good morning,
Meredith
.

is the New Black:It's actually 11 months in
prison
and two months in jail, and you really saw a difference between the two. You preferred
prison
.

VIEIRA:There's a stark difference between a
federal prison
and a federal jail and between, I think,
prison
and any jail facility.
And I
think that's a little surprising for folks. A jail is in many ways much more restrictive and it's much harder to sort of get the patterns of life that help you do your time when you're in a jail facility as opposed to a
prison
.

Ms. KERMAN:It's been what, 24 hours since
Lindsay Lohan
turned herself in. Her lawyer said at the time that she's scared. You have been through this yourself. Describe the experience for me. Is it a very scary thing?

VIEIRA:She, at this point, has been through the very scary process of intake. Literally shedding your skin, you know, giving up your clothes, obviously your jewelry, any possessions you have, taking on that uniform, you know, that baggy, in her case, orange uniform, and becoming a prisoner. It is a transformation.

Ms. KERMAN:Well, you know, she -- it's not the first time that she's been at
Lynwood
. She was there for about 84 minutes back in
2007
for her
DUI
. And that experience didn't really seem to phase her given what's happened since. As
Lee Cowan
just pointed out she may only end up there for two weeks, maybe three weeks because of
prison
overcrowding. So what kind of an impact can it really have?

VIEIRA:I think that this will be a very different experience that her previous experience. I don't think that she was ever truly processed in or experienced life as an inmate. She's going to be in 23-hour lockdown, protective custody in the -- you know, the segregated housing unit, which is the shoe or the hole, which is not a good place to be. It's not a nice place to be.

Ms. KERMAN:Why? Why not, because I think a lot of people would assume that that's a much safer place for her to be, that if she were out in -- within the general
prison
population that someone might figure, oh, it's
Lindsay Lohan
, let's take a shot at her.

VIEIRA:Mm-hmm. It is a very secure place to be. She will certainly be safe. I have to say that my experience was not that the other prisoners were the worst part of
prison
. Quite the opposite.
And I
didn't like everyone I met in
prison
, but some of the women that I met and the things that I learned from them were some of the only things of value that you can really draw from the experience. I don't know that being locked in a room for 23 hours guarantees a change in
Lindsay
. That will really rest with
Lindsay
.

Ms. KERMAN:Well, what would you advise her to do in the time that she's there?

VIEIRA:Oh, I would advise her to read every single book she can get her hands on, everything they allow her to have. I would advise her to write letters to the people who mean the most to her and to the people who have really been a strength to her and who have helped her, and to really try to forge those bonds with folks outside, and to think long and hard about what her next steps are and what her plans are. That's certainly one of the things that I did.

Yawning gap

Lindsay Lohan's latest release, "The Canyons," is an erotic thriller set in L.A., and while most early reviews have not been kind, one writer compares her to Marlon Brandon in "Last Tango in Paris." "Wow...humbled and feeling so much gratitude," she tweeted in response.
(IFC Films)
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Two of a kind

Lohan and friend and occasional benefactor Charlie Sheen walk down the red carpet at the premiere of "Scary Movie 5" in Hollywood on April 11, 2013.
(Michael Buckner / Getty Images)
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Talking it out

Lohan appears outside the studios where "Late Show With David Letterman" is taped in New York on April 9, 2013. She reminisced with Letterman on the show about her first appearance on his "Late Night," when she was 6.
(James Devaney / WireImage)
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Here comes the judge

Lohan and her attorney Mark Heller appeared at an L.A. Superior Court hearing on March 18, 2013 to determine whether she would go back to jail or could avert a trial based on charges that she lied to police over a June 2012 car crash. She accepted a plea deal that sent her to rehab for 90 days.
(Reed Saxon / Pool via Getty Images)
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Feeling charitable

Lohan attends amFAR's New york Gala on Feb. 6, 2013 in a borrowed $1,750 Theia gown that becomes damaged at some point in the evening, and is returned as a mini-dress.
(Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images)
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New lawyer, same fight

Lohan appears in Los Angeles Suoperior Court with her new attorney Mark Heller, left, for a pretrial hearing, on Jan. 30, 2013, in a case filed over the actress' June 2012 car crash. Lohan faces three misdemeanor charges and a return to jail if convicted in the case or if a judge finds she violated her probation.
(David Mcnew / AP)
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Duck and cover

Lohan covers her face with a coat as she leaves the 10th precinct in New York after being arrested on an assault charge in the early morning of Nov. 29, 2012. Lohan allegedly punched a woman at Club Avenue in the city's Chelsea neighborhood.
(INFphoto.com)
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A scarlet Liz

Lohan arrives for a private dinner celebrating the premiere of her Lifetime original movie "Liz & Dick" at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Nov. 20, 2012. Lohan stars in the film as Elizabeth Taylor.
(Jason Redmond / Reuters)
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Oh, the paparazzi

Lohan portrays actress Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime film "Liz & Dick" The TV movie recounts the scandalous and tumultuous romance between Taylor and British actor Richard Burton in the 1960s and '70s.
(Lifetime via Reuters)
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No more court

Lohan arrives for her latest probation hearing in Los Angeles on March 29, 2012. The actress was placed on informal probation for the remainder of her 2011 jewelry theft conviction after Judge Stephanie Sautner found she has completed all of her required community service and psychotherapy sessions for her 2007 DUI conviction and probation violations.
(Toby Canham / Getty Images)
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A quick visit

Lohan leaves the Airport Courthouse after a probation progress hearing in Los Angeles on Jan. 17, 2012. The actress received another positive report and was dismissed by the judge in no time.
(Michael Nelson / EPA)
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Post-Playboy fit

Lohan attends a party hosted by the Weinstein Company and Audi to celebrate awards season at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2012.
(John Shearer / Getty Images)
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Something to smile about

Lindsay Lohan is seen arriving for and attending a probation progress report hearing in Los Angeles on Dec. 14, 2011. The hearing lasted less than 10 minutes as a judge told the actress she is doing well under her strict new probation routine of counseling and working at the county morgue.
(Getty Images, EPA)
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Confident pose

Lohan is shown on the cover of the January/February 2012 issue of Playboy Magazine in a photo released Dec. 10, 2011. "Sex and sexuality are a part of nature, and I go along with nature," the "Mean Girls" star says of her in-the-buff photos, which are an homage to the late Marilyn Monroe's own iconic Playboy spread. "Knowing yourself and your body is so important because it gives you confidence, and in life, women need confidence."
(Handout / Reuters)
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Sentenced to 30 days

Lohan, center, arrives for her probation violation hearing at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles on Nov. 2, 2011. Judge Stephanie Sautner formally determined that the actress violated terms of her sentence on a theft charge earlier in 2011 and a 2007 drunken driving charge. Lohan was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
(Toby Canham / Getty Images)
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Cuffed and taken into custody

Lohan is led away in handcuffs after her probation progress report hearing at the Airport Courthouse in Los Angeles on Oct. 19, 2011. A judge was not happy with the actress after she was terminated by the Downtown Women's Center for repeatedly failing to appear for court-ordered community service.
(Mark Boster / Pool via Getty Images)
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Smile for the cameras

Lohan attends the premiere of the video game "Saints Row: The Third" in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 2011. The actress caught grief the next day from various celebrity media outlets for what appeared to be a lack of dental hygiene.
(Valerie Macon / Getty Images)
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Plenty of work to do

Lohan is pictured alongside her attorney during a case review conference in Los Angeles on July 21, 2011. A judge told Lohan she needs to speed up her community service to make sure she meets a deadline to complete 480 hours within a year. Lohan appeared in court to update Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner on the progress of her probation in drunken driving and misdemeanor theft cases.
(Kevork Djansezian / AP)
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Back in court

Lohan arrives in court in Los Angeles on June 23, 2011. While serving a home detention sentence, the actress was ordered back to court on an allegation she violated probation by drinking alcohol.
(Lucy Nicholson / Reuters)
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No deal

On March 10, 2011, Lindsay Lohan rejected a plea agreement offered by prosecutors that would have meant a guaranteed return to jail for the actress in her jewelry theft case. She'll return to court in April for a preliminary hearing.
(Mario Anzuoni / Reuters)
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Not staying out of spotlight

Her court adventures aren't keeping Lohan home alone. She joined Jimmy Kimmel live after the Oscars on Feb. 27, 2011 for the comedian's "After the Academy Awards" show on ABC. She appeared in a skit called Hottie Body Humpilates, which mocked exercise infomercials.
(ABC)
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Let's make a deal

Lohan is escorted by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies as she arrives for a hearing at Los Angeles Airport Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. Some fashion observers criticized her top for being too low-cut for court.
(Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images)
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Case of the stolen necklace

Lohan was arraigned on a felony count of grand theft on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011, in Los Angeles. Lohan was charged with allegedly stealing a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store in Venice, Calif. She entered a plea of not guilty.
(Pool / Getty Images)
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All eyes on Lindsay

Lohan, center, arrives at the Los Angeles Airport Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb. 9 to be arraigned on a felony grand theft charge. Her tight white dress came in for criticism as being inappropriate for court.
(Jae C. Hong / AP)
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Going back to jail

Lohan arrives at the Beverly Hills Courthouse for a mandatory appearance in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The actress was sent back to jail after she failed a court-ordered drug test a few weeks after being released from a previous jail stint and subsequent stay in drug rehabilitation.
(Mario Anzuoni / Reuters)
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Maxim exposure

Lohan is shown on the cover of Maxim magazine, on newsstands Aug. 10, 2010. The photo shoot took place on June 30, 2010, a week before she was sentenced to 90 days in jail for a probation violation.
(Maxim)
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Orange glow

Lohan is shown in her prison mug shot at the Lynwood Correctional Facility in Lynwood, Calif., on July 20, 2010. The actress was released to a Los Angeles rehab facility after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence.
(AFP - Getty Images)
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Last moments of freedom

Lohan sits in court upon her arrival to surrender and begin serving her 90-day jail sentence for a probation violation in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. "I don't know exactly how long the jail will keep her. I can only impose the sentence," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel said.
(Al Seib / EPA)
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Grand entrance

Lohan, right, walks through a cloud of confetti tossed from the sidelines as she arrives at the Beverly Hills Courthouse on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. The actress has been on probation since August 2007 after pleading guilty to misemeanor drug charges and no contest to three driving charges.
(Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty Images)
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Not a kind day in court

Lohan reacts beside her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley as Judge Marsha Revel rules that the actress had violated her probation on a 2007 drunken driving charge in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Lohan was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
(Reuters)
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Something to hide

Lohan arrives at the 2010 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on June 6, 2010. The actress sported a sparkly pantsuit in an effort to conceal a newly affixed alcohol monitoring device around her ankle.
(Danny Moloshok / Reuters)
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Look who showed up

Lohan, left, listens to her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley during a hearing in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Monday, May 24, 2010. The actress was back in court after missing a mandatory probation hearing in L.A. while partying in the south of France days earlier. Lohan had claimed her passport was stolen and the judge issued an arrest warrant for the actress, who later posted $100,000 bail.
(Jae C. Hong / AP)
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Milking her fame

Lohan, top, arrives at the "Chanel Ready to Wear" show as part of the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2011 at Grand Palais in Paris on Tuesday, March 9. On the same day, it was reported that Lohan filed a lawsuit against E*Trade for its commercial about a "milkaholic" baby she claims is named for her. She is seeking $100 million in damages and demands that the company stop airing the ad.
(Getty Images, E*TRADE)
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Runway debut

Lohan, right, walks the runway with Spanish designer Estrella Archs at the end of her Spring/Summer 2010 collection for Emanuel Ungaro during Paris Fashion Week on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. Lohan served as an adviser for the collection.
(Jacky Naegelen / Reuters)
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Off the rack

Lohan checks out leggings from her 6126 line during Fashion's Night Out at Bloomingdale's 59th Street store in New York on Sept. 10, 2009.
(Jerritt Clark / Getty Images)
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Daddy issues

The Suffolk County Police arrested Michael Lohan in Central Islip, N.Y., on April 6, 2009, on a misdemeanor charge of aggravated harassment. Lindsay's father surrendered to prosecutors after he allegedly made a threatening phone call to his girlfriend.
(AP)
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Material Girl too

"When I was little, every day after school I would come home and put in her 'The Immaculate Collection' disc and karaoke to it around the whole house," Lindsay Lohan said of her recreation of Madonna's 1984 MTV Video Music Awards "Like A Virgin" performance for Glamour's April 2009 Icons issue.
(Brigitte Lacombe / Glamour via PR NEWSWIRE)
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Getting a leg up

Lindsay Lohan attends the launch of her legging collection "6126" at Henri Bendel on October 13, 2008 in New York.
(Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images)
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'Chapter 27'

Lindsay Lohan played Jude and Jared Leto, right, played Mark David Chapman in this 2008 film about the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.
(Peace Arch Entertainment)
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Popcorn princess

Lohan arrives at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, June 1, 2008 in Los Angeles. The hottest thing about the event, though, was the smoldering remnants of a huge fire at Universal Studios nearby.
(Chris Pizzello / AP)
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Cannes do

Lohan attends the Dolce and Gabanna party at Baoli, Port Canto during the 61st International Cannes Film Festival on Friday, May 23, 2008 in Cannes, France.
(Kristian Dowling / Getty Images)
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Not so ugly

Things are getting 'Ugly'

Lohan stars with America Ferrera, left, during a taping of the season finale of ABC's "Ugly Betty." Lohan plays an old schoolmate of Ferrera’s character Betty Suarez.
(ABC)
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Film dishonor

Lohan is shown in a scene from "I Know Who Killed Me." She was named worst actress for the role and the film was named worst movie, during the 28th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards, which dishonor worst achievements in film.
(Tracy Bennett / AP)
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Channeling Marilyn

Lohan poses as Marilyn Monroe on the cover of New York magazine's Feb. 25, 2008 issue. Clad in not much more than diamonds and sheer fabric, Lohan is pictured inside assuming the same poses Monroe did in her infamous "last sitting" for photographer Bert Stern 46 years ago.
(Bert Stern / AP)
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Making headlines in Italy

Lohan holds the Capri Global Award at the Capri Film Festival in southern Italy on Monday, Dec. 31, 2008. LiLo's acting skills were upstaged by tabloid reports that she had hooked up with three men in a 24-hour period during her visit.
(Pietro Coccia press office via AP)
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Under arrest

Lohan was booked for drunk driving and drug possession on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 in Santa Monica, Calif. Lohan was busted 11 days after completing an alcohol treatment program following her arrest in May for similar charges.
(Santa Monica Police via AFP - Getty Images)
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'Prairie' girl

Lindsay Lohan co-starred with Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin in Robert Altman's "A Prairie Home Companion." Hollywood's new It girl has successfully made the jump from child star to adult actress.
(Evan Agostini / Getty Images)
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Baring it all

In a hotly debated Vanity Fair cover story, Lohan reportedly detailed some mild drug use and a battle with bulimia. She denied it, though the magazine stood by its story. But another cover story in Us Weekly detailed her eating woes and her friends' growing concern about her gaunt figure. A Miami hospital stay only added to the worries. Whether she's all better or still struggling with her health is an ongoing puzzle.
(Vanity Fair via Reuters)
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All grown up

Big debut

Lohan appeared in December 2005 on MTV's "Total Request Live" as her new album, "A Little More Personal," was released. But the real talk was about her ongoing health concerns and partying (she'd cancelled a "Regis" appearance the same day), along with her ever-thinner figure.
(Jeff Christensen / AP)
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A whole new Lindsay

Lohan stirred yet more talk with the new svelte look she unveiled post-"Herbie." With her blond hair and thin body, she seemed ready to join "The Simple Life" with Paris Hilton. Lohan initially explained her look by saying she learned to eat right and exercise, but a different story would soon emerge.
(Chris Polk / AP)
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Outgrowing Disney

Lohan's big role in 2005 was in yet another Disney remake, "Herbie: Fully Loaded." Rumors circulated that Lohan's breasts were digitally reduced to allievate parents' concerns that Lohan looked too mature, but Lohan and the studio denied it. Still, the message was clear: It was time to move into more mature roles.
(Walt Disney Pictures via Zuma Press)
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Young Raquel Welch

Lohan stirred debate early in 2005 with her voluptuous body, which seemed to mature overnight. The actress insists that she has not had any plastic surgery.
(Evan Agostini / Getty Images)
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Paparazzi favorite

Lohan's reputation as a party girl put her into the media spotlight. During that time, she found time to date "That '70s Show's" Wilmer Valderrama.
(Chris Polk / AP)
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Getting mean

"Mean Girls" marked Lohan's first truly starring role. In the film, she plays an outcast who becomes part of an in-crowd and changes in the process. Amanda Seyfried, Rachel McAdams and Lacey Chabert play the other cool girls.
(Michael Gibson / AP)
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Teen queen

As she entered her teen years, Lohan continued remaking Disney kid flicks. This time she took on Jodie Foster's role in a remake of "Freaky Friday." In the 2003 film, she and her mother, played by Jamie Lee Curtis, wake up one morning to find themselves in each other's bodies.
(Ron Batzdorff / AP)
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Double trouble

For her first big-screen role, Lindsay Lohan recreated the Hayley Mills classic, "The Parent Trap." In the 1998 film, Lohan plays twins who try to bring their divorced parents (Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson) back together.
(Corbis)
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